From the Southern California fires and a train accident in Germany, to the Running of the Brides race in Thailand and Samba Day in Brazil — take a look at this week's events in Sputnik's photo gallery.
A girl at the New Year Fair of the GUM Department Store on Red Square, Moscow, Russia, on December 5, 2017.
President Vladimir Putin during the 2017 Volunteer of Russia award ceremony at the Megasport Sport Palace in Moscow on December 6, 2017.
Members of the Spanish "Cordoba Ecuestre" group perform in an equestrian show with Andalusian horses at the Papp Laszlo Arena in Budapest on December 2, 2017.
Russia's Daria Panenkova performs her short program during the ladies' singles competition at the 2017–18 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final in Nagoya, Japan, on December 7, 2017.
Brides-to-be participate in the Running of the Brides race, in Bangkok, Thailand, on December 2, 2017.
This composite image made from six frames shows the International Space Station transit the Moon at roughly five miles per second on December 2, 2017.
A man dressed as Santa Claus skis down the slope at the Alpine ski resort of Verbier, Switzerland, on December 2, 2017, Saint Nicholas Day.
Former President of Georgia and Odessa Governor Mikheil Saakashvili freed by his supporters after detention in Kiev, Ukraine, on December 5, 2017.
A woman pets her pig named Balu at her home in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on December 4, 2017.
Motorway and railway arches of the Crimea Bridge constructed over the central navigational channel in the Kerch Strait, Crimea, Russia, on December 3, 2017.
Designer Tom Ford (left) and singer Fergie attend the TrevorLIVE LA, a signature semi-annual fundraising event hosted by The Trevor Project in Beverly Hills, California, US, on December 3, 2017.
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A samba band member turns a broom, beer can and rubber band into a selfie stick at the Oswaldo Cruz neighborhood, marking Samba Day, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 2, 2017.
A Palestinian protester prepares to burn a US flag during clashes with Israeli troops at a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, near the Jewish settlement of Beit El on December 7, 2017.
A Sphynx cat at the 2017 Royal Canin Grand Prix international show in Moscow, Russia, on December 2, 2017.
People carry images of late Cuban President Fidel Castro during a march to Santa Ifigenia Cemetery to commemorate the first anniversary of interment of Castro's ashes in Santiago, Cuba, on December 4, 2017.
People wash clothes on the banks of the river Brahmaputra on a foggy winter morning in Guwahati, India, on December 4, 2017.
Clergymen during the divine liturgy in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior with the participation of the heads and delegations of local Russian Orthodox churches in Moscow, Russia, on December 4, 2017.
A member of the Cryophile winter swimming club rubs himself with snow after swimming in the Yenisei River in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia, on December 4, 2017.
A British Bulldog named Bobo takes a shower at The Wagington luxury pet hotel in Singapore on December 6, 2017.
A woman takes a picture of a family near trees decorated with Christmas lights at Ibirapuera Park in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on December 3, 2017.
Smoke rises into the night sky as strong winds push the Thomas Fire across thousands of acres near Santa Paula, California, US, on December 4, 2017.
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Singer Halsey performs at Jingle Ball at The Forum in Inglewood, California, US, on December 1, 2017.
A wolf skin and a painting of Russian communist revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, also known as Lenin, on sale at Izmailovo flea market in Moscow, Russia, on December 3, 2017.
Overall view taken with a drone on December 6, 2017, shows the site of an accident in Meerbusch-Osterath, Germany, where a passenger train and a freight train collided the day before, injuring 41 people, seven of them badly.
A boy plays with a falcon in the West Bank town of Tubas, Palestine, on December 3, 2017.
A protester throws a petrol bomb during a demonstration commemorating 15-year-old Alexis Grigoropoulos, who was fatally shot by a police officer in 2008, in central Athens, Greece, on December 6, 2017.
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The Arizona Cardinals cheerleaders perform during the first half of an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams in Glendale, Arizona, US, on December 3, 2017.
Catalans rally in Brussels in support of Carles Puigdemont, former President of the Government of Catalonia on December 7, 2017.
A child plays in the snow next to a snowman, by the road called route de la Gineste, connecting Marseille and Cassis, southern France, on December 2, 2017.
